If you didn't already guess from the title, today's guest
hosting was kinda cancelled at the last minute, long story. So now here I am stuck with all
these questions about music. Oh joy. Anyway, my Pokémon stealing cousin is STILL sitting
here turning my room into an oven with his freakish metabolism (his normal temperature is like
120¡ F). This has not been the best week for column writing. Oh, and I keep forgetting this.
Everyone who got the quote gets a tilde. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That should cover it.

I noticed that two Strategy/RPGs are coming out in March. Two!! I
remember the days when we were lucky to get two SRPGs in the same year!!
Anyway these are Front Mission 3 and Vanguard Bandits. So, which one are
you two gonna buy?
I can't decide which one sounds better. I mean, its Square vs. Working
Designs, an old series vs. a totally new game. I'd like to hear
everyone's opinion.

-XenoFreak

Googleshng:Let's see... buy the TRPG with mecha by Squaresoft,
or the one made by the Dragon Force team and translated by Working Designs...
hmmmmm........... I'm going to save up and get both.

Midis

Hey Googy and Mr. Music

This query is directed at Mark. I am trying to find original soundtracks
for Chrono Trigger (on the net and in Midi format) and they are not
there. I am looking for this soley to find Magus's character theme;
which in my opinion kicks butt over every other song on any other game.
Any help would be mightily appreciated.

Red Nu "All life begins and ends with Nu"

Googleshng:Uh, RPGamer has midis of most music from most RPGs. In fact, I
know for a fact that if you go to to the Chrono Trigger page that there's a great version
of Magus' theme. 8)

Bastion

Okay, this has nothing to do with music and my Dragon Force comments are
probably getting incessently repetitious, but is it a coincidence that the
main hero in Vanguard Bandits is named Bastion? If memory serves me, an
annoying mercenary named Bastion was in DF also....he was one of the lousiest
characters, but that's just me.
~SmartLaine "Another generic thief...AAAAGH!"

Googleshng:I noticed some BIG similarities between VB and DF also as far
as names and appearances of characters. Although it would be somewhat strange to play
a game where the main character switched sides whenever his opponent had more female
characters around than you do. 8)

Lunar

I've always wanted to ask this, in an old Sega describing magazine Lunar: The
Silver Star, it said to search for Dragon Master vol. 13 in the library tower
place (something like that, sue me, I'm too lazy to get up and go to the
other room) and read it, because it may "help" you. Now, being dreprived of
a Saturn my whole life and playing it on PSX, I've gone nutz trying to find
and figure out what this book does or says! Answer me Mighty Googleshng!

Terra

Googleshng:It was for the Sega CD actually, not the Saturn, big difference.
Anyway, they changed so much in the remake that cryptic comments about one in a magazine
don't nessessarily apply to the other.

Letters

How many emails do you recieve a day? How many do you trash? Have you ever thought about
those peoples feeling when they don't make it up on the ASK GOOG column??? Huh? Ever?
Well?? Tell me what Aria de Mezzo Caraterre means!!!!!

Dr_Wily

Googleshng:I get about 120 emails a day, and read them all. So yeah,
tons of people don't get letters printed and whine about it, that's just the way it
is. As for yor other question, Italian isn't one the the many languages I know
unfortunately.

Sound Tracks

Hey Google (& Jordan),

Umm... first, a question for Google:

I've recently been buying too many anime-based RPGs,
you see (Thousand Arms, Grandia, Lunar 2, etc.), and
have been left in the dark on buying Suikoden II
and/or Saga Frontier II. My question is, which one
should I buy, SII, or SFII? I have played both of
their prequels, and both were good in their own way. I
no longer have the save file from S1, however. Will
that affect my game in anyway, or make me unable to
collect all 108 characters? I have been hearing
excellent things about both games, and I need one that
lasts (or will last) until August 19 (don't worry, I
got both Grandia & Wild Arms to finish =P)... so,
which one is it?

Now, a music question, just because he's guest-hosting
today... are there any anime soundtracks that are
highly recommended? Possibly any NGE, Sailormoon, or
any anime Mecha-wise? Well, any genre of anime
soundtracks is appreciated, just not any umm... hentai
soundtracks -_-; Also, one more thing, I once saw a
"SM" on an anime soundtrack. Does that resemble
SonMay?

Thanks, Google!

~.*The Squiggle*.~

Googleshng:If you've played Suikoden AND SaGa Frontier, then, well, get
the sequel to the one you liked more. I have heard that the S1 save file deal adds a
lot to the game though, so if you don't have it around, you might want to get SF2.
As for your other question, yes SM=SonMay, and I'd recommend Escaflowne, it has an
AWESOME soundtrack.

Quickies

Hey Goog and Mark,
Is there any hope that RPGamer will start using mp3s or even possibly upgrading some of its
current music into mp3 format?
WMAdoy

Not to my knowledge

For the second time, what is THE MOVIE??????????????????

--ssssssssssaaaaaaabbbbbbiiiiinnnnnn10101010101010101010

Transformers: The Movie

Aqua can go to Candyland, I like the new layout.
Who's Mark?

Physikus

I told you, he's RPGamer's music guy.

Mark,
Do you know Google personally?
If you do, TELL US GOOGLE'S GENDER!
LightElf

When will you people realize that NOBODY knows me personally?

There will never be a port of Grandia 2 for PS2 because Sega bought the exlusive rights and I
dont think they would help there compition. Although they are making a gameboy game.

Yoda Monkey

Yet another strike against the PSX2. 8)

I saw Rinoa the other day and figured if she can get up, why can't Seifer?
Hope you enjoy it, and please post it! If you don't, it'll break Seifer's
poor, frail heart...
-Xenochick

When is the innumerable psychoskematiciatrickisizingismatic coming out?

Check the release dates page. 8)

The Last Laugh:

OK, there we go. A nice full collumn despite a huge lack of questions, having a game
and a movie I've spent years looking for, a friend over, and about 15 people IMing me
while I was trying to work... and only 14 hours late. Anyway, I'm off to colonize Alpha
Centauri, don't forget to get those letters in for Mark tomorrow.